Advisor, Community Engagement - Tamaki Makaurau

## Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role

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• Mo tenei turanga mahi | About the role
• The core purpose of this role is to activate civic participation across Tamaki Makaurau.

You will be required to build and support relationships that enable and empower groups of diverse communities to understand, engage and participate in the democratic system like Local Body Elections and General Elections.This role could be office based, or work from home depending on location with the potential to co-locate to an Electoral Commission's Head Quarters during the General Elections period when and if required.This is a Grade 16 role with a Salary band of $88,880 - $98,750.

You will be an engagement practitioner with strong connections across Northland and beyond.

You will build and maintain reciprocal relationships with Tangata Whenua and other diverse communities while building sustainable working partnerships in your region.

Language skills that reflect the diverse communities we work with will be an advantage.

You will participate in scoping, developing, implementing, and reporting on localised impactful community campaigns and activations.

You will utilise your can-do attitude to identify and respond to challenges and risks as they arise, work collaboratively with others in the Strategic Engagement and Partnerships team and actively contribute to all training and learning opportunities.

We understand how important family is and support a family-friendly work environment.

You will be part of a team who are here to promote participation and understanding and are passionate about supporting people's voices to be heard.The Electoral Commission wants every New Zealander to trust, value and take part in parliamentary elections.

We are an independent Crown Entity who works with and through communities to inform, engage and educate New Zealanders about the value of participation, make it easy for them to enrol and vote, promote understanding of New Zealand's democratic processes, and deliver parliamentary elections and referenda.

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